Mar 19 2008
Visit from a Moonie
Today I was studying for Sunday and the Small Church Conference when a young man from Mobile, AL walked in the doors of our church office. He must not have looked at sign to see what we are. Lynn, our children’s director asked me to come out and talk to him. He was a clean cut Asian American from Bayou La Batre near Mobile, AL. He wanted to sell me some trinkets to support “One Family.” I politely listened to him talk and then asked what he believed it took for a person to go to heaven. He gave me a great Sunday School answer about accepting Jesus. But as I pressed him he admitted that they believe you must “do” works to enter heaven.
I knew immediately what he believed when he gave me his card and it had the Unification Church written on it. Their beliefs are not Christian as they say. They say they trust Jesus but they believe Jesus failed in His mission because He died on a cross. Click here for more on their religion.
My heart broke as he left our office. Because as soon as I began sharing with him the “Good News” that you don’t have to work for heaven, he tried his best to get out as soon as possible. The only thing that would make this day any better is if a Mormon Elder came by for a visit. 
What do you think?
3 responses so far
I am about to go on a camping trip in Moab, UT with 20 other kids. All 20 are Mormons (students at BYU) and me the lone Christian.
Our God is the only one who is awesome.
I think you were obedient and planted a seed . . . it’s up to God for it to germinate.
Your witness is solid, Kevin. Many people would have told him they weren’t interested and rushed him out the door.
Bayou La Batre? Isn’t that where Forrest Gump and Lt. Dan made a fortune in the “shrimpin’ bidness”?
I can’t believe someone came all that way to see you and it wasn’t even one of us! That makes me sad! The next time we journey to Columbia to visit my in-laws, we will make a short trip to see you and family!